Antwerpen-Zuid railway station

Antwerpen-Zuid
Railway Station
Postcard of 1911, Old station
General information
Location	Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Coordinates	51°11′51″N 4°23′28″E / 51.19750°N 4.39111°E / 51.19750; 4.39111
Owned by	National Railway Company of Belgium
Line(s)	52, 59
Platforms	4
Tracks	4
History
Opened	10 July 1878

Antwerpen-Zuid (English: Antwerp South) is a railway station in the south of the city of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. The old station opened on 10 July 1878 (goods) on the Lines 52 (1894) and 25A (1907). The old station building was demolished in 1965 and replaced with a stop in 1970 on the new through railway under the Scheldt river on the line 59. In 2006, the Butterfly Palace, designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership, was built on the location of the old station. It houses the Antwerp Courthouse.

Train services

The following services currently the serve the station:

• Intercity services (IC-02) Ostend - Bruges - Gent - Sint-Niklaas - Antwerpen
• Intercity services (IC-28) Gent - Sint-Niklaas - Antwerp (weekdays)
• Local services (L-22) Puurs - Antwerp - Essen - Roosendaal (weekdays)
• Local services (L-30) Lokeren - Antwerp

Preceding station	NMBS/SNCB			Following station
Beveren towards Oostende		IC 02		Antwerpen-Berchem towards Antwerpen-Centraal
Sint-Niklaas towards De Panne		IC 28
Hoboken-Polder towards Puurs		L 22		Antwerpen-Berchem towards Roosendaal
Zwijndrecht (B) towards Lokeren		L 30		Antwerpen-Berchem towards Antwerpen-Centraal

Tram services

Tram lines 4 and 10 serve the station, tram line 1 terminates at the nearby Zuid transport hub. All trams are operated by De Lijn.

Bus services

Bus services 13, 14, 180, 181, 182, 183, 290, 295, 298 and 500 serve the station, these are operated by De Lijn.

External links

• Belgian Railways website
• De Lijn website

This page was last edited on 18 July 2023, at 01:34